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- .rl 2
- .da 07 May, 1993
- .ss expire control list ([LIBDIR]\news\explist)
- .sa expire
-
- Explist controls the default functionality of the expire program. Lines
- are of the format:
-
- newsgroup[,newsgroup] type days archdir
-
- newsgroup: comma seperated newsgroups. "all" metacharacter is valid
-
- type: u - unmoderated only
- m - moderated only
- x - either
-
- days: number of days to keep the articles
-
- archdir: directory to archive expired articles to, or "-" for no archiving
-
- Examples:
-
- # archive the dirty stories
- rec.arts.erotica m 7 e:\archive\erotica
-
- # local groups, keep for some time (a month or so)
- slo x 28 -
-
- # override the defaults for some of our favourites
- alt.bbs x 14 -
- comp.dcom.telecom m 14 -
-
- # hold most groups for a week
- comp,sci,rec,talk,soc,misc,alt x 7 -
-
- # all the rest, keep for 4 days
- all x 4 -
-